LOUGHBOROUGH University is planning to have a lawn strewn with poppies to honour those who have died in conflicts across the world.

The project has taken its inspiration from the award-winning field of poppies that were displayed at the Tower of London last year to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great War.

Loughborough University and Loughborough Students’ Union have joined forces to create a memorial on campus to honour those who have lost their lives serving their country.

The structure, which is located on the Hazlerigg-Rutland Lawn, is being showcased ahead of Remembrance Day on Wednesday, November 11.

It has been created in conjunction with the Royal British Legion and the aim is for the lawn to become a field of poppies creating a true mark of respect for fallen war heroes.

For a donation of £5, residents are invited to add a personal tribute to help create a spectacular field of remembrance.

Poppies will be displayed in the lead up to Remembrance Day. All monies raised at the university and through RAG will be sent to The Royal British Legion after the appeal has finished.

A spokesperson for Loughborough University said: “On the anniversary of the end of the First World War, we remember those who fought in wars and the British Servicemen and women killed or injured since 1945.

“The project has taken its inspiration from the field of poppies that was on display at the Tower of London last year.”

Poppies are on sale weekdays at the reception of the Hazlerigg Building from 9am-4pm in the lead up to Remembrance Day. You can also buy a poppy from the Rag Office in Loughborough Students’ Union between 10am and 2pm, Monday to Friday.

* CHARNWOOD’S war heroes will be remembered at events to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

In Loughborough, the Mayor of Charnwood, Coun John Capleton, will lay the first cross in Queen’s Park’s Garden of Remembrance on Saturday, October 31.

A short commemoration service will then begin at 10am at the park’s New Street entrance.

On Remembrance Sunday, November 8, there will be a parade of 3,000 people, including serving and ex-service personnel, in Loughborough.

The Royal British Legion have organised the parade which will start at 10.20am from the Market Place.

The parade will finish at the Carillon Tower, Queen’s Park, where the Remembrance Service will be held at 10.45am.

The service will be led by the Rev David Featonby and the Rev Wendy Dalrymple.

Queen’s Park’s New Street entrance will be closed at 10.30am so the civic party and community wreath layers can process into the park.

The public can get to the service through entrances on Granby Street or Browns Lane.

Armistice Day will be commemorated on Wednesday, November 11 with a service held at the Carillon Tower with a two-minute silence at 11am.

The start and end of the silence will be marked by the firing of Maroon Rockets.

Commemorations will also take place in Shepshed on Sunday afternoon.

A parade will leave from outside the Shepshed Town Council office (opposite Tesco Express) at 3pm.

It will travel down Charnwood Road and Field Street and arrive at Glenmore Park at 3.15pm.